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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Strangler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dirk Diggler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strangler comes to the cage accompanied by Rise up. Dirk Diggler struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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158 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Strangler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dirk Diggler!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diggler tries to clinch but Strangler is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Diggler looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Diggler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diggler moves in looking to clinch but Strangler pushes him off.
Diggler has taken the fight to the clinch.
Strangler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Strangler landing knees to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Strangler as Diggler tries to tie him up.
Diggler swings wildly with an uppercut but Strangler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strangler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Strangler scores with a knee to the head.
Strangler tries to land a knee to the head but Diggler blocks with his arms.
Diggler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strangler lands a knee to the body.
Strangler with a knee to the head.
Strangler scores a nice knee to the body.
Diggler is trying to stall.
Diggler tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Strangler avoids it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Diggler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Diggler looks gassed!
Strangler tries a knee to the head but Diggler blocks it.
Strangler lands a nice elbow.
Strangler lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Diggler is rocked!
Strangler scores with a knee to the head.
Diggler is still on wobbly legs! Can Strangler finish him?
A head punch on the inside from Diggler fails to land.
Strangler ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Strangler no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strangler is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Strangler looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Diggler seems to have recovered his senses.
Strangler throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strangler is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Strangler is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Diggler is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Diggler throwing strikes from guard but Strangler blocks nicely.
Diggler throwing strikes but missing.
Strangler is trying to control the position but Diggler postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Diggler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Strangler pushes Diggler off and gets back to his feet.
Diggler is looking to clinch but Strangler is avoiding it.
Diggler shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Diggler throws a big shot that misses.
Strangler clobbers Diggler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Strangler keeps Diggler at a distance using the push kick.
Diggler avoids a punch combination nicely.
Strangler misses with a wild combination.
Strangler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Strangler pushes Diggler up against the cage in a clinch.
Strangler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Diggler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Strangler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diggler's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Strangler obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strangler ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Strangler no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Strangler controls Diggler momentarily but Diggler frees himself.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Strangler scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Strangler throws a leg kick which misses Diggler's front leg but catches the back leg as Diggler tries to avoid it.
Strangler has managed to clinch.
Strangler scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Strangler.
Strangler unloads a knee to the mid-section. Diggler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Strangler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Strangler lands an elbow inside.
Strangler scores a nice knee to the body.
Strangler lands a knee to the head.
Strangler lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Diggler takes an elbow to the temple.
Strangler connects with a knee to the head.
Strangler lands a good knee to the midsection. Diggler won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diggler has a couple of punches blocked by Strangler.
Strangler gets control of Diggler's arms and successfully pulls guard. Strangler will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Strangler looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strangler working for a triangle but Diggler defends it easily.
Diggler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Strangler works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Diggler loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Strangler is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Diggler throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Strangler has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Diggler should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Strangler has tightened it up now! Diggler should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jimmy Strangler!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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